Chapter 295: Encounter Out of Thin Air
As they traveled the next day, Jonas wasn't sure what to expect. The dust cloud had cleared, and at night it felt like the lights of a modern city could be seen. Not only did it obscure the stars overhead that he'd become accustomed to seeing, but it also made it a little harder to fall asleep.
Though, it did help a little for those who were on watch. As it didn't have the darkness around them so pervasive if there was any cloud coverage or if they were camping under the canopy of some trees.
However, while he couldn't be sure which direction the bear might have in mind to head, the silhouette of it hardly seemed to have moved. He wasn't sure what that might be about, but he at least hoped that it wouldn't be a bigger problem that he hadn't yet considered.
He also hoped that the bear was merely standing on top of the canyon and wasn't actually that high up off the ground. After all, they certainly didn't have any means to fly, so if it was too tall, then they'd maybe be able to attack it's ankles. If that was the case, then Jonas wasn't sure what their prospects for a victory might be.
Though, it was possible that they might be able to climb up the bear, but he couldn't imagine the bear being very accommodating with that. Especially if it wasn't very happy with their presence, which he was pretty sure would be the case, given what he remembered about what Elmo had told him that he'd learned from his View Stats spell.
If the bear didn't pay them any mind, then he thought he'd have grounds to try and talk Elwin out of fighting it, but he doubted that he'd have a chance at that. If only because he was confident that it would at least recognize his and Elmo's scent. Which would mean it would likely be hostile towards at least two of them. Assuming what Elm's spell revealed was accurate. He wasn't really sure why it would be wrong, but he also couldn't bring himself to trust everything that he'd found on this world. Especially with how it came to anything that came from whoever was running this competition.
Even though all the information he'd received had born out, he couldn't be sure that it was completely accurate. After all, he did recall how it was stated to the 'viewers' of this competition that they were 'willing participants' and hadn't been shanghaied into being a part of the competition.
He wasn't really sure what to believe when the source of the information came from the people conducting this competition. Even if it was through an indirect means.
Pushing those thoughts out of his mind, Jonas looked around him. While getting lost in his thoughts while they walked was something that would allow time to move faster while they walked along, he had to admit that it wasn't exactly helpful to him right then. Instead of working out some problems he had going on for himself right then, he was merely ruminating over his grievances with the competition and those running it.